Lens mount



Patented Jan. 7, l1936 l LENS MouN'r Andrew Wollensak, Rochester, N. Y., assigner to Wollensak Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 14, 1935, serial No. 1,601

80mm. (cias-51) My invention relates to a lens mount. and has to do more particularly with the type of construction intended for use in motion picture cameras.

lii' 'I'he invention has for one of its` objects tol afford a practical and eiilcient structure that 'overcomes an objectioncinherent in 'prior lens s mounts for the purpose by the provision of means that aifords a ne adjustment'of the lens systeni while preventing lost motion between the parts so that it is possible to obtain a very slight focusing adjustment readily and to a moresaccurate degree than heretofore. l

Another purpose of theinvention is to afford l5 a simple construction that permits of readily adjusting the lens mount rotatively with reference to the camera. body after it is attached thereto. so as to make possible positioning the reading scales of the lens mount in uppermost position where they can be readily `observed by the operator. 4 i

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement oi' parts that will appear clearly from the following de- -26 scription when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the specification.' t

In the drawings:

A30 Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken centrally of a.y lens mount constructed in e accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, and showing the lens barrel ancllens` system adjusted to its innermost position;

35 Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lens barrel 4and lens system adjusted to its outermost position; Y Y

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the spring means ernployed between the support and lens barrel for 40 actuating the latter outwardly;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the'same;

. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; A Fig. 6 is a plan view, Ipartially broken away 45 on the-sectionG-'G of Fig. 5, and e e Fig. 7 is a' detail side' view of the spring employed for maintaining frictional engagement between the` camera attaching member and the supporting means for the lensI barrel,

50 Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the several views, the mechanism shown is intended for attachment to a wall or body of a motion picture-camera, and to-this p5 end includes a cylindrical attaching member deslan interiorly threaded outer portion I2 ignated at I, having an exteriorly threaded neck I l 2, that engages a correspondingly threaded opening in the wall or body of the camera, not shown.

The attaching member I also includes a cylindrical collar l that engages the outer surface of 5 I a cylindrical sleeve l, the/latter constituting a l @part ofthe supporting means for the lens system and having a vertical wall 5 that abuts the adjacent vertical wall' of the attaching member I, and has at its inner end a. cylindrical collar 8 termil0 nating in an outwardly directed ange 'l preferably'formed by spinning over the inner end of said collar 6.

-The flange fl engages the inner surface of a spring 8 interposed between said flange and -an l5 inwardly projecting shoulder 9 on the attaching member I. Said spring 8 has one or more portions bent out of the plane which it occupies so as to exert ayieldable pressure against the shoulder 9 and flange 'l respectively and hold said 20 parts in tight frictional engagement, while permitting their relative turning when sumclent force is applied. By this means, after the attaching member is tightly secured to the camera body, if the reading-scales on the-lens mount are not in proper position to be observed by the operator, the supporting element I, which carries the lens barrelI can be turned against the friction of the spring 8 until the reading scales are in the desired relation. If it is desired to hold the lens mountv rigidly in such' position, an adjusting' screw I0 is provided in a threaded opening in the collar 3 and `engageable with the outer surface of the supporting element l.

The supporting member I .Iust described has which engages an exteriorly threaded portion on the support designated generally at I3 while Il is an adjusting screw for holding these two parts of the supporting means rigidly in assembled rela- 40 tionship. 'Ihe support I3 includes a longitudinally extending cylindrical portion I6 terminat` ing in a vertical wall or shoulder I 6 from which extends a longitudinal tubular guiding portion I1 that receives a portion of the lens barrel to be described presently, and is in turn guided in the collar 6. The support I3 is also exteriorly threaded onits outermost surface to receive the'rotatable adjusting member or ring I8, which has an inwardly'extending flange or shoulder portion I9 50 i adjusting ring. Thus by turning the adjusting ring in one direction, the flange I9 engages flange 23 and forces the lens barrel inwardly while movement of the lens barrel in the opposite direction is effected in a manner that will later be described. The flange 23 on the lens barrel carries an `abutment or lug 24, preferably attached Athereto by a screw 25, see Fig. 6, and said lug is movable endwise in a slotl formed in the collar 21 of the support, so as to prevent turning of the lens barrel-:with relation tothe support while peri.

mitting the desired endwise adjustment. Said lug 24 also serves to limit turning of the adjusting ring I8 which can only be rotated as far as the stop pin 20 will permit by engagement with opposite sides of the lug 24, as shown in Figs. 1 and `2 respectively.

, The lens barrel 22 includes a cylindrical longitudinal portion 28 which terminates in a vertical wall 29 while the latter is provided with a longitudinally extending cylindrical portion 30 that carries the lens 3I at its inner end and is guided in the aforementioned cylindrical portion I1 of the support. The lens barrel is actuated outwardly or away from the support by spring means preferably located between the vertical wall 29 of the lens barrel and the vertical wall I6 of the Y support.' This spring means is preferably in the form illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, comprising a ,flat ring 32'positionable against the wall I6 and having a series of spring elements 33, each'of which is rigidly attached at one end to the .ring

32 as shown at 34 and extends outwardly, affording a free end 35 which yieldably presses against the wall 29 of the lens barrel. As a result of this spring arrangement, when the adjusting ring is turned to move flange I9 away from flange 23, the free ends 35 of the springs 33 actuate the lens barrel uniformly and hold the flange 23 tightly in contact with flange I9 so that outward movement of the lens barrel closely follows corre-l sponding movement of the adjusting ring and no lost motion between these parts is permitted. ll'hus any movement of the adjusting ring in either direction insures a corresponding accurate and ne adjustment of the lens barrel.

The adjusting ring has a bevelled surface 31 provided with markings thereon which cooperate with a stationary indication 38 on the outer surface of the lens barrel, and said indication also cooperates with markings on the outer surface of an adjusting ring 4I which is rotatively arranged I on the lens barrel and controls the usual iris diaphragm. To this end, the ring 4I carries a pin 42 that engages a rotatable sleeve 43 which at its inner end carries the iris diaphragm 44, to be operated when turnedvas usual in this type ofV construction. The sleeve 43 is held in place in the lens barrel by a spring ring 45 that'is seated in a groove for this purpose, and 4G designates a cylindrical element forming a part of the lens barrel to which it is threadedly connected and carrying the lens 4l.

While the invention has been described with reference to `a particular structural embodiment,

the improvements are not confined to the details herein shown and described,"and the invention is susceptible of various modicationsor changes which this application is intended to cover and which may come within the 'purposes of the -in-- vention or the scope ofthe -following claims. I claim: 1. In a lens mount, the combination with cylindrical supporting means and .a\lens'barrel teletheadjusting member acts when turned to move the lens barrel in one direction only, and yieldable instrumentalities located between the lens barrel and supporting means and acting to move the lens barrel in the opposite direction and to hold said flanges in contact.

2. In a lens mount, the combination with cylindrical supporting meansiand a lens barrel telescoping within and adjustable vendwise oi the supporting means, an adjusting member threaded on the supportingmeans, a non-threaded connection between the adjusting member and lens barrel comprising an inwardly extending flange on the adjusting member engaging an outwardly extending flange on the lens barrel whereby the adjusting member is operable to move the lens 20 barrel in one direction only, and spring means located between the supporting means and lens barrel and operating to move the lens barrel in the opposite direction and to hold said flanges in 25 contact.

3. In a lens mount, the combination with a support having a vertical `wall and a lens barrel adjustable endwise of the support, yieldable instrumentalities located between saidvertical wall of spring elements each having one end xedly attached to said ring and extending thence away from the ring affording a series of free ends which A yieldably press against the lens barrel, and an adjusting ring threaded on said support and having a flange engageable with a cooperating ilange on the lens barrel for actuating the latter in one direction, said spring elements serving to actuate and the lens barrel comprising a ring and a series 30 the lens barrel in the opposite direction against the'action of the adjusting ring. 40

the lens barrel' for actuating the latter inone directio'n, said spring elements serving to actuate the lens barrel in the opposite direction, and co- '.operating stops on the lens barreland adjusting ring for limiting turning movement of the latter in opposite directions.

5. In a lens mount', the combination with a support having a vertical wall and a lens barrel adjustable endwise of the support', of spring means located between said -verticalwall on the support and the lens barrel forv actuating the latter in one direction, an adjusting ring threaded having a longitudinally extending slot, an abutment carried by the lens barrel and movable endwise of said slot to'prevent turning of the lens Abarrel with relation .to the support, the ad-' on the support and rotatable thereonthe support N direction opposite to the action of said spring l means, and a stop carried by the adjusting ring and engageableA with opposite sides of non-threaded connection between the adjusting ring and lens barrel whereby turning oi the adjusting ring moves the lens barrel in one direction-only, the lens barrel' being movable away from the adjusting ring, and spring means tend# ing to actuate the lens barrel toward the adjusting ring and to hold it in contact therewith.

7. In a lens mount, the combination with a cylindrical attaching member having a threaded portion adapted to be secured tothe waliof a camera body or the like and provided with an inwardly extending shoulder, of supporting means for a. lens barrel mounted on and rotatable with relation to said attaching member and including a collar having an outwardly projecting ilange at its innermost end, and aspring element located between said flange and the aforementioned shoulder on the attachingmember, said spring element acting to hold the attaching member and supporting meansy in frictional engagei ment and to permitrelative adjustment of said Darts.

8. In a lens mount; the combination' with a support having a vertical wall and a lens barrel adjustable endwise of the support, of a plurality of spring elements located between said vertical wall on the support and the lens barrel and engaging 1o the latter at a plurality of points for actuating the latter uniformly in one direction, an adjusting ring threaded on the support and rotatable thereon, means forlimiting movement of said ring in opposite directions, and means for preventing 15 in a direction opposite to the action o! said spring 20 means. f

ANDREW WOLLENSAK. 

